Rear Derailleur Cable Length?

Hi everyone, I m putting together an Xtracycle on a 90 s Cannondale M300 hardtail. I m trying to find a long enough rear derailleur cable and wondered if you

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, Sep 2, 2012

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Hi everyone,

I'm putting together an Xtracycle on a 90's Cannondale M300 hardtail. I'm trying to find a long enough rear derailleur cable and wondered if you might have some advice.

I just tried installing a 2200mm rear derailleur cable for a tandem bike, but it looks like I'm coming up short by about 3 or 4 inches. One point to note is that the bike uses gripshifters at the moment.

I'm putting together an Xtracycle on a 90's Cannondale M300 hardtail. I'm trying to find a long enough rear derailleur cable and wondered if you might have some advice.

I just tried installing a 2200mm rear derailleur cable for a tandem bike, but it looks like I'm coming up short by about 3 or 4 inches. One point to note is that the bike uses gripshifters at the moment.

Hello Tommy, I used a SRAM 2200 mm on my 2000 Gary Fisher with SRAM grip shift. The supplied cable was not long enough. SRAM also distributes a 3100 mm. Did

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, Sep 3, 2012

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Hello Tommy,

I used a SRAM 2200 mm on my 2000 Gary Fisher with SRAM grip shift. The supplied cable was not long enough. SRAM also distributes a 3100 mm. Did you measure the tandem cable, the first one I bought was not actually 2200 mm. The cable should be over 7 feet long.

JB

--- In rootsradicals@yahoogroups.com, "travelerbrew" <thomasgrimes@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm putting together an Xtracycle on a 90's Cannondale M300 hardtail. I'm trying to find a long enough rear derailleur cable and wondered if you might have some advice.
>
> I just tried installing a 2200mm rear derailleur cable for a tandem bike, but it looks like I'm coming up short by about 3 or 4 inches. One point to note is that the bike uses gripshifters at the moment.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Tommy
>

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